In primetime on Sunday, NBC airs the NFC North blood rivalry game between the Detroit Lions and the Green Bay Packers live from the venerable venue, Lambeau Field in Wisconsin.
Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth will have the call live from high above the field. Michele Tafoya will roam the sidelines providing reports on the air and via Twitter.
Bob Costas will be there to host both Football Night in America as well as the halftime and postgame shows. He’ll be joined by analyst Hines Ward.
Dan Patrick will be in New York with analysts Tony Dungy and Rodney Harrison to provide highlights for FNIA.
Here’s the NBC press release.
GREEN BAY PACKERS HOST DETROIT LIONS IN AN NFC NORTH MATCHUP ON SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
Coverage Begins with Football Night in America at 7 p.m. ET
Sunday Night Football Extra to Live Stream Lions-Packers on NBCSports.comNEW YORK – December 6, 2012 – NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers (8-4) host Matthew Stafford and the Detroit Lions (4-8) in an NFC North matchup on Sunday Night Football. Coverage begins with Football Night in America at 7 p.m. ET on NBC.
Calling Lions-Packers is six-time Emmy Award-winner Al Michaels (play-by-play), in his 27th season as the voice of the NFL’s premier primetime package; 13-time Emmy Award-winner Cris Collinsworth, who has won the Emmy for Outstanding Event Analyst in each of his three seasons in the Sunday Night Football booth; and sideline reporter Michele Tafoya, who, last year in her first season with SNF, won the inaugural Emmy Award for Outstanding Sports Reporter.
Football Night in America is hosted by 24-time Emmy Award-winner Bob Costas, who will report from Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis. Costas will be joined on site by Michaels, Collinsworth and Hines Ward, the former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver and Super Bowl MVP.
Dan Patrick co-hosts Football Night from NBC’s Studio 8G at 30 Rockefeller Plaza. Patrick is joined by Super Bowl-winning head coach Tony Dungy, two-time Super Bowl winner Rodney Harrison, Peter King of Sports Illustrated, and Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk on NBC Sports Network and NBCSports.com. Carolyn Manno will report on Saints–Giants, from MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ.
PREVIEW VIDEO:
Michaels and Collinsworth on Lions vs. Packers:
http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/22825103/vp/50052372#50052372Patrick, Dungy and Harrison on Lions vs. Packers:
http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/22825103/vp/50051827#50051827In addition to the weekly Sunday Night Football and Football Night in America broadcasts, NBC Sports Group’s NFL coverage also includes digital content and social media extensions that are available online, as well as NFL-related shoulder programming available on NBC Sports Network.
That will do it. The Week 14 NFL Viewing Guide will come up later this morning.
